Millions in India will be cheering on the teen chess prodigy known as Pragg as he takes on Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen for the title of World Chess Champion on Tuesday.

Bangladesh's four chess players made an early exit in the FIDE World Chess Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan after losing their first round matches over the last two days. 

Ziaur thanked his sponsor, Bangladesh Police Chess Club, and Tazwar’s sponsor, Saif Powertec, and also expressed gratitude towards Shoeb Riaz Alom, Police Chess Club general secretary, “who has coordinated the whole thing, of arranging their participation in four tournaments in succession."

IM Fahad Rahman ultimately finished fourth in the Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament-2 despite playing out a draw against eventual champion GM Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam in the ninth and final round in Hanoi yesterday.

Fahad, who maintained the lead till yesterday after beating two GMs and one WGM, has now 5.5 points from eight matches and shared the second position along with Swayams Mishra

International Master Fahad Rahman maintained his solo lead in Hanoi Grandmaster Chess Tournament-2 after beating WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung and drawing against CM Wong Zhenyong Jayden in Vietnam yesterday.

Fahad secured 3.5 points from four matches after back-to-back wins in the third and fourth round matches.

International Master Fahad Rahman and Women Candidate Master Jannatul Ferdous emerged unbeaten champions in their respective events of Bangabandhu Asian Zone-3.2 Chess Championships in Dhaka yesterday.

Ding takes over as world champion from Norway's Magnus Carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10-year reign

Bangladeshi FM Mehdi Hasan Parag defeated Azerbaijani GM Azer Mirzoev in the Paytakht Cup International Chess Festival

The Daily Star (DS): How do you feel after standing tall among 30,000 students from 2062 schools all over the country?

The Daily Star (DS): Can you recall the memories of your appearance in BSC tournaments?

Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, chess recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honour. It’s eminently and emphatically the philosopher’s game.

Schools across the world have always been considered as breeding grounds of all forms of sports. Sports at school level in Bangladesh were once vibrant and paved the way for many famous athletes to emerge in the fields of football, cricket, chess, hockey, athletics, and many other disciplines. Some of the school-based competitions which created such an impact were Inter-school Football tournament, Nirman School Cricket tournament, Bata School Chess tournament, and so on.

GM Enamul Hossain Razib clinched his sixth title in the National Chess Championship but youngsters like the prodigious Manon Reja Neer, Tahsin Tajwar Zia and Fahad Rahman demanded attention by defeating superior opponents, including Grand Masters.

American grandmaster Hans Niemann, in the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the world of chess, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating.

The Sheikh Russel Cup Invitational Team Chess Championship gets underway today at the Bangladesh Chess Federation with six countries from South Asia taking part in the championship.

Chess superstar Magnus Carlsen for the first time openly accused American Hans Niemann of cheating Monday, saying the rising star had done so more recently and more often than he previously admitted.

Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly withdrew from a game against American Hans Niemann, reigniting an ongoing cheating controversy in the sport.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) clinched a silver and a bronze medal in the men's and women's chess events respectively in the Bangabandhu Inter-University Sports Championship.